How is imperialism different than isolationism?
Isolationism: staying by yourself, not interacting with other countries. Imperialism: expanding your power/country
What president made the Big Stick policy and was president during the creation of the Panama Canal?
Teddy Roosevelt!
Whose assassination sparked WWI?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Did the US join WWI after the sinking of the Lusitania? Why not?
No, because of the Sussex Pledge by Germany
What were the sides in WWI called?
Central and Allied powers
What was yellow journalism?
Exaggerated, biased journalism, especially against Spain
How did yellow journalism lead to the Spanish American war?
Yellow journalists blamed Spain for the USS Maine blowing up in Havana, Cuba; public believed them and demanded war
What country was Franz Ferdinand from?
Austria Hungary
Telegram from Germany to Mexico, asking them to attack the US to distract them from war. They would get Texas and other states if successful.
What does this suggest about what side the US was on economically?
The US heavily supported the Allies even before joining; they might have joined to support their economic investments
Why did the US annex Hawaii?
American planters wanted the US to take over sugar plantations; also navy base, location
Who did US imperialism always benefit?
What are the 5 MANIA causes of WWI?
Militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism, assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Did the US accept the Treaty of Versailles/League of Nations? Was this imperialism or isolationism?
No, they rejected it, did not join the League of Nations, and returned to isolationism
Why did the US make propaganda posters like these:
To raise money to fund the war
Explain the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
Declared that the United States had the right to intervene in Latin American nations’ affairs to maintain stability and protect American interests, effectively making the U.S. the “policeman”
List one economic, one social, and one political reason for imperialism
Economic: more resources, more markets to sell to.
Social: White Man's Burden, jingoism, assimilation
Political: Navy power, Great White Fleet
What event took Russia out of the war and led to their monarchy being replaced by a communist government?
Russian Revolution (1917)
Wilson's plan for lasting peace through stable countries and international cooperation
14 points
What term is this?
Zimmerman Telegram
What's jingoism?
A blind support for one's country, especially military action
Who did Columbia want to build the canal instead of the United States?
France
What were the four ways the Treaty of Versailles punished Germany? (BRAT)
Blame Germany (war guilt clause)
Reparations ($)
Arms loss
Territory loss
What laws were passed that resulted in Americans losing their civil rights during wartime?
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Name all the countries on the two sides of WWI at the start of the war (1914)
France, Italy, Russia, England vs. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire